Graham Marsden yeah I noticed in most of the clips from the session I wasn't looking back at the foam. Had a little better luck the next session. I really like the Flow State camera system. It shows two different angles of every wave. Plenty of footage to analyze and/or agonize over.

Emily Brooks Thanks! First time at a wave pool like this. Great place to practice. I am getting more consistent with getting the board to turn back to the foam, but I see my biggest issue might be the lack of a proper bottom turn to setup the cutback.

Hoping to work on that next session. I always release my trailing arm behind me while still going down the wave and I think I extend too soon when at the bottom of the wave. I think that throws off the timing of the top turn portion of the cutback.

Jason Daliessio Nice, I'm in NJ.

I'll give my thoughts about it after the sessions and hopefully have some video to post.

I'm mainly hoping to work on improving my front side carving turns/cutbacks.

I think you're trying to do too much with your arms for a ramp that size. There's not enough time to throw your arms straight over your head and then get them back into a good position for the turn. You end up turning with your arms over your head which is probably making it more difficult than it should be, and doesn't really allow you to work on dipping your head.

I get the gist of what you're going for, but I don't think it's the right ramp for it.

Would be curious to see you try a backside run on this ramp where you keep your arms below your head and just focus on the top turn once you've built up some speed. You're already pumping down the ramp which should give you plenty of speed, no need for big sweeping arm movements going up the other side.

This was a frustrating swell. Walled up at most places and hard to find a corner that didn't close out straight away.

Not sure it would have made much difference on the wave in the clip, but I noticed you were pointed straight at the beach. Angling the take off might help, idk. Might make you less inclined to grab the rails.

Also agree with Graham Marsden on positioning, but again, with this swell it was really hard to find a decent take off spot.

Nice. Definitely figure out a way to get some video footage. I feel like that ties everything else together.

I know you've mentioned a wave pool potentially being built in your area. Are you aiming to get to the new wave pool in Virginia Beach?